ELEY, Frederick
| Service Number: | 826 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ross, Tasmania, Australia, February 1871 |
| Home Town: | Ross, Northern Midlands, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Saddler and Miner |
| Died: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 22 September 1950, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania |
| Memorials: | Municipality of Ross Roll of Honour, Ross War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 826, 40th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 826, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 826, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart | |
| 1 May 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 40th Infantry Battalion | |
| 14 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 826, 40th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From The Museum at The Tasmanian Wool Centre
LCpl Frederick 'FRED' ELEY
When Fred enlisted in September 1915, he was 44 years old, married, and working as a saddler.
He arrived in France late in 1916, part of the 40th Battalion. He took part in fighting in the Battles of Messines and Broodseinde Ridge. After a bout of influenza, he re-joined his unit just before the action that killed fellow 40th soldier, Lewis McGee.
After the war he worked as foreman of the Ross Freestone Quarry, supplying grindstones, flagstones and building stone. He was also secretary of the Ross Cycle Club. He died in Hobart in 1950.
Fred’s story is part of our exhibition: Our Grateful Thanks and Loving Remembrance, a moving and deeply personal exhibition remembering the soldiers whose names are immortalised on the Ross War Memorial.
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